There is no guarantee that if we speak in only Indian languages, all our faults will be washed away and India will shine. Why then do they bully and belittle the English-speaking? asks Shyam G Menon.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday, Day 8.
'It is a diamond which has a very long competitive history.'
'Even apart from the Bengal famine, there was a great deal more bloodshed and deceit than I was prepared for.' 'Almost every one of the acquisitions was won by extreme extortionate methods and what came out was that these relatively honest officers found themselves doing very dishonest things.'
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
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